dailyschwab

You think I’m acting like Eli? You think I’m playing God? Fine, you play, Sydney.

“A note for your thesis,” he said as his friend lay there, gasping. “You thought our powers were somehow a reflection of our nature. God playing with mirrors, but you’re wrong. It’s not about God. It’s about us. The way we think. The thought that’s strong enough to keep us alive. To bring us back. You want to know how I know?” He turned his attention to the table, looking for something new and sharp. 

a darker shade of magic. playlist inspired by the shades of magic series by v.e. schwab. 

plenty of humans were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to play at being human.

She used to think that if she stole enough, the want would fade, the hunger would go away, but maybe it wasn’t that simple. Maybe it wasn’t a matter of what she didn’t have, of what she wasn’t, but what she was.

want one?

monsters, monsters, big and small, they’re gonna come and eat you all!

there are no good men in this game.

anonymous asked: eli cardale or victor vale ↳ the absence of pain led to an absence of fear, and the absence of fear led to a disregard for consequence.

anonymous asked: marcella riggins or eli 'ever' cardale ↳ eli, who believed in god and had a monster inside, but knew how to hide it better.

❝ It was a cruel trick of the universe, thought August, that he only felt human after doing something monstrous ❞

Victor didn’t want to run while Eli was busy trying to fly.

And August wasn’t ready to die. Even if surviving wasn’t simple, or easy, or fair. Even if he could never be human. He wanted the chance to matter. He wanted to live.

It was a cruel trick of the universe, thought August, that he only felt human after doing something monstrous

“no, you put yourself in mine.”

“What are you?” she asked. “A monster,” said Kell hoarsely. “You’d better let me go.”

Because I do not like things that don’t belong to me. I do not trust them.